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Tazria-Metzora: Sticks and Stones    Tazria-Metzora: Sticks and Stones

'Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me'. If you believe that, I have a bridge to sell you... 
 
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Shmini: The Sound of Silence  
  Shmini: The Sound of Silence  
 
By Jacob Rupp
Update date: 4/4/2021, 07:32
 
The lights twinkled off in the distant cold night as I stood under the “Emergency Room” sign. Ambulances would rumble up from time to time...  

Pekudei: Vote of Confidence  
  Pekudei: Vote of Confidence  
 
By Jacob Rupp
Update date: 3/13/2021, 19:33
 
The pavement was still warm from the hot day as the shadows grew in the approaching evening. Barefoot and dirty, with multiple band-aids across my...  

Ki Tisa: Drawing a Line in the Sand  
  Ki Tisa: Drawing a Line in the Sand  
 
By Jacob Rupp
Update date: 2/28/2021, 12:06
 
For the average young American ambiguity and uncertainly seem constant. For the last fifty-some years, the soldiers of pluralism, liberalism...  

Tetzaveh: Something Wicked  
  Tetzaveh: Something Wicked  
 
By Jacob Rupp
Update date: 2/21/2021, 07:58
 
Were they stupid? Who would start a fight against God Himself? And yet Amalek did just that...  

Terumah: Building a Dream Home  
  Terumah: Building a Dream Home  
 
By Jacob Rupp
Update date: 2/13/2021, 19:33
 
The entertainment industry has made millions selling the fabulous life of the American celebrity. Many shows report on the lifestyles...  

Mishpatim: Look Before You Leap...Right?  
  Mishpatim: Look Before You Leap...Right?  
 
By Jacob Rupp
Update date: 2/6/2021, 19:58
 
When we trust Hashem, we find that it was not wrong or foolish to blindly accept those mitzvot we had not yet learned. “Buyer Beware” does not apply here.  

Beshalach: Counting on a Miracle  
  Beshalach: Counting on a Miracle  
 
By Jacob Rupp
Update date: 1/23/2021, 19:23
 
Instead of looking online for miracles, let's reflect on the world around us rather than pass the day mindlessly in front of the boob-tube.  

Shemot: Light My Fire  
  Shemot: Light My Fire  
 
By Jacob Rupp
Update date: 1/2/2021, 18:37
 
Let's ask some tough questions: what can we learn from the burning bush? Why a thorn bush? Why did it burn but it was not consumed?  

Vayechi: Where  
  Vayechi: Where's Your Head?  
 
By Jacob Rupp
Update date: 12/26/2020, 19:10
 
Everyone has their own approach to learning. Some prop their eyes open with toothpicks and study until the wee hours of the night...  

Va  
  Va'etchanan: The Big Bucks  
 
By Jacob Rupp
Update date: 7/25/2020, 21:57
 
Everybody loves a good cause. Many people donate hard earned dollars to the causes that call to them. The amount that is offered...  

Yitro: Becoming One  
  Yitro: Becoming One  
 
By Jacob Rupp
Update date: 2/8/2020, 20:01
 
There is no union more beautiful or intimate than that which occurred at the base of Mt. Sinai. Rabbi Wolbe describes the giving of the Torah as the greatest...  

Bo - PostIt Notes for the Soul  
  Bo - PostIt Notes for the Soul  
 
By Jacob Rupp
Update date: 1/25/2020, 19:50
 
Lots of people cry during graduations. Contemplating the sunset of any particular stage in life always causes me try to hold on to whatever I can...  

Change the World - Noach  
  Change the World - Noach  
 
By Jacob Rupp
Publish date: 12/25/2007, 19:42
 
Shakespeare wrote, “All the world is a stage, and the men and women merely players.” Had a rabbi edited his work, the line would read...  

Who Wants Cake Anyway? - Lech Lecha  
  Who Wants Cake Anyway? - Lech Lecha  
 
By Jacob Rupp
Publish date: 12/25/2007, 19:42
 
“Easy Street” doesn't exist in a Jewish neighborhood. … challenges and tests are not only normal, but necessary in leading a life of growth...  

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